Playwright Terrence McNally dies of coronavirus

March 25, 2020 at 09:14 p.m.

 

The award-winning American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter Terrence McNally She died this Tuesday in Florida of complications from the coronavirus, revealed her husband Tom Kirdahy.

Winner of four Tony Awards and one EmmyTerrance McNally was known for his thoughtful chronicles about the Love, AIDS, gay life and homophobia.

He wrote more than 30 plays in his nearly six decades of career, 25 Broadway premieres and 10 musicals.

The scripts of the musicals The kiss of spider women y Ragtime and of the plays Love! Valor! Compassion! Master Class They are among his best known works.

Her career focused on giving voice to difficulties and the urgent need for human connection.

He was a member of the Council of the Playwrights Guild from 1970 and served as its vice president from 1981 to 2001.

Outside the theater, Terrance McNally was known for the movie Frankie and Johnny (1991)

 

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Terrence McNally suffered from lung cancer since the late XNUMXs and had chronic respiratory failure.